Inside Apple’s Multibillion-Dollar Push to Make Chips in the U.S. | WSJ

Apple is beginning to bring its semiconductor manufacturing supply chain back to the United States. Nearly all of the most advanced chips are made in Taiwan, which China has threatened to annex. Concentrating chip supplies on an island that could be invaded, or face steep U.S. tariffs from Trump, is a big risk to Apple’s business.

To find out how far the company still has to go, WSJ reporter Rolfe Winkler visited several of the company’s suppliers including TSMC, ASML and Foxconn in the Southwest.

Chapters:
0:00 Apple’s supply chain shift
1:02 The start of the supply chain: silicon wafer facility
3:59 The next stop: TSMC
6:05 The third stop: ASML
7:13 The final stop: Foxconn

Read more about Apple’s push to build an all-American chip here: https://on.wsj.com/4tPgi0M

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